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(laughter) which begs the question, john, where the (bleep) is fema when you need them? (laughter) i will say, though, i don't know if you're tried serendipity's he can of a job brownie but it is to die for. >> jon: jessica, is that you? >> yeah! >> jon: are those rats on your jacket? >> yeah, you buying? free range. fresh. (laughter) very fresh. >> jon: jessica, is everything okay? >> i knew i should have moved to the upper west side but, no, lower east side is where it's at. lower east side is cool. they have indian food! >> jess, jessica, please understand that life up here is no picnic. we're barely making do. (laughter) my book of mormon seats tonight? obstructed view. (laughter) >> all i've had to drink today is urine. (laughter). >> jon: your own urine, i hope, al, is that -- >> no! everyone's. because this is a community! okay? there is no "i" in "urine." (laughter). >> jon: actually, al, there is an "i" in "urine." >> well, there's also a "u." >> jon: thank you, everybody, we'll check if with you guys later. anyway, it's been a harrowing couple of days for all o
(laughter) which begs the question, john, where the (bleep) is fema when you need them? (laughter) i will say, though, i don't know if you're tried serendipity's he can of a job brownie but it is to die for. >> jon: jessica, is that you? >> yeah! >> jon: are those rats on your jacket? >> yeah, you buying? free range. fresh. (laughter) very fresh. >> jon: jessica, is everything okay? >> i knew i should have moved to the upper west side but, no, lower east side...
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that means fema's coffers are full. there's $7 billion congress appropriated for disaster fund, plus another billion left over from 2012. that should last fema through the end of the year, but with sandy expected to cost upwards of $60 billion, the odds are that congress is going to have to allocate more this winter. plus, if washington doesn't strike a deal to avoid the sequester cuts january 1st, that fiscal cliff thing, fema will take a $900 million hit. so what does all this mean? nbc's mike viqueira is back at the white house. any word from the white house on this? >> reporter: well, i mean, the short answer to your question, steve, is we don't know. and this may not surprise anybody, but it depends on who the occupant of this building is going to be come january 21st. i mean, there are a couple competing different plans out there. remember, the fiscal year, as you pointed out, always started october the 1st. congress, before leaving town very early to get on the campaign trail, extended one of these continuing res
that means fema's coffers are full. there's $7 billion congress appropriated for disaster fund, plus another billion left over from 2012. that should last fema through the end of the year, but with sandy expected to cost upwards of $60 billion, the odds are that congress is going to have to allocate more this winter. plus, if washington doesn't strike a deal to avoid the sequester cuts january 1st, that fiscal cliff thing, fema will take a $900 million hit. so what does all this mean? nbc's...
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there would be no more fema. no more fema. he wouldn't do what george bush did and put it in the bowels of some other agency. he would destroy the whole thing because he says we don't need it. don't trust this guy. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." jack you're a little boring. boring. boring. thomas jefferson said that a successful democracy depended on an informed electorate. our country's future depends on you. to help you make informed decisions, watch current tv's politically direct lineup. only on current tv. take the time to learn about the issues. don't just vote, vote smart. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. 25 minutes after the hour. the "full court press" on this tuesday, october 30, the day after hurricane sandy. the day before halloween. and one week before the big election. don't forget that. not just a storm going on. there is still an election going on. mark levine, talk show host, "friend of bil
there would be no more fema. no more fema. he wouldn't do what george bush did and put it in the bowels of some other agency. he would destroy the whole thing because he says we don't need it. don't trust this guy. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." jack you're a little boring. boring. boring. thomas jefferson said that a successful democracy depended on an informed electorate. our country's future depends on you. to help you make informed decisions, watch current tv's...
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fema administrator fugate, they're doing their job. when it comes directly from the president, that's a serious -- that's a serious directive. >> jennifer: so in cities and in states, there are emergency operation centers that coordinate. for those watching the program who are not familiar with how that coordination goes, can you give me a brief description of how that goes in philadelphia? >> yeah. in philadelphia, we have an emergency operation center. we have a director. her name is samantha phillips. she's basically in charge of and coordinates a whole operation across the entire government and with the number of other agencies. we all take direction at that point. those forces, combined with our state agencies and fema at the federal level you get a complete synergy among all of those entities and we fight the storms whether it is a hurricane, whether it's a heavy snowstorm or any other event. we fight them with everything that we have and again we were fortunate in philadelphia. i know some other locales had their challenges. but
fema administrator fugate, they're doing their job. when it comes directly from the president, that's a serious -- that's a serious directive. >> jennifer: so in cities and in states, there are emergency operation centers that coordinate. for those watching the program who are not familiar with how that coordination goes, can you give me a brief description of how that goes in philadelphia? >> yeah. in philadelphia, we have an emergency operation center. we have a director. her name...
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if feel are trying to get ahold of fema. fema people called me and my neighbor and they said we got your name, we have your application. i know you don't have cell service, fine. so we get ahold of them i can't get to you. i said why the roads? they said no we don't have gas. we are stuck in block brooklyn. bill. >> brian: feerm doesn't have gas. no one in our neighborhood has gas. 4 and a half hours. yesterday by chance peter king the best congressman in the country is down my block, doesn't even know where i lived. happened to be there with senator gillibrand and all these other officials. they seemed really zoned in. but i will say there is no water, there is no electricity, there is no fema. flood insurance has not shown up and there is really no answers. nobody has a clue of should i throw it out? clear live i can never use this furniture again. my floors smell horrible. can i get rid of it? no one has any definitive answers. >> steve: so important people are hearing it from somebody like you. they watch you every morni
if feel are trying to get ahold of fema. fema people called me and my neighbor and they said we got your name, we have your application. i know you don't have cell service, fine. so we get ahold of them i can't get to you. i said why the roads? they said no we don't have gas. we are stuck in block brooklyn. bill. >> brian: feerm doesn't have gas. no one in our neighborhood has gas. 4 and a half hours. yesterday by chance peter king the best congressman in the country is down my block,...
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we've had a chance to talk to the regional officials of fema as well and i've talked to the governors of the potentially impacted states as well as the cities in the region. at this stage, everybody is confident that the staging process, the position of equipment that are going to be needed to respond to the storm are in place. but as craig has imp sized this hasn't hit land fall yet so we don't know where it's going to hit or where we're going to see the biggest impacts. and that's why it's so important for us to respond big and fast as local information starts coming in. i want to thank all the members of the team for the outstanding work that they're doing. but the other thing that makes this storm unique is we anticipate it's going to be slow moving. that means it may take a long time not only to clear but to get, for example, the power companies to get in to clear trees and put things back in place so that folks can start moving back home. so my main message to everybody involved is that we have to take this seriously t. federal government is working effectively with the state an
we've had a chance to talk to the regional officials of fema as well and i've talked to the governors of the potentially impacted states as well as the cities in the region. at this stage, everybody is confident that the staging process, the position of equipment that are going to be needed to respond to the storm are in place. but as craig has imp sized this hasn't hit land fall yet so we don't know where it's going to hit or where we're going to see the biggest impacts. and that's why it's so...
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i was on the phone with fema at 2:00 a.m. this morning to answer the questions they needed answers to get that designation, and the president has been outstanding in this, and so the folks of fema, craig fugate and his folks have been excellent >> i know you took exception with the handling of this situation by the mayor of atlantic city, lorenzo langford. you were very upset that he didn't evacuate that city or all of that city and instead offered some people shelter in some city shelters, and you said that he was a rogue mayor and said, quote, i don't have a feud with the guy, but i wish he would do his job. a little time has passed between those comments and right now, the emotional level has come down. do you still feel that way? >> listen, the fact of the matter is i feel badly for the folks in atlantic city who listened to him and sheltered in atlantic city, and i guess my -- my anger has turned to sympathy for those folks, and we're in the midst now of trying to go in and save them. daylight has come. we've got an urba
i was on the phone with fema at 2:00 a.m. this morning to answer the questions they needed answers to get that designation, and the president has been outstanding in this, and so the folks of fema, craig fugate and his folks have been excellent >> i know you took exception with the handling of this situation by the mayor of atlantic city, lorenzo langford. you were very upset that he didn't evacuate that city or all of that city and instead offered some people shelter in some city...
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fema gets the funding it needs. it wasn't just that back in the debate he said states should take the lead on everything. he said that borrowing money for fema was immoral. it was a moral issue. that that question was of great immoral value to him in looking after hurricane victims. and maybe that's one of the reasons why if you look at the poll numbers, we just got some interesting poll numbers from "the washington post" yesterday, 78% of americans approve of the president's handling. of this disaster. and it's about half that level for mitt romney. in a very close election. when you've got an incumbent getting 78% approval for anything, it's going to have an impact. yes, he can withdraw, yes, he can do what he can do in terms of cleaning up those comments, but the president is off the charts here. it's way beyond his base of support for this election. >> we're going to get to more polls coming up. much more ahead this morning. the three swing state polls we'll have for you. nbc news political director, chuck todd,
fema gets the funding it needs. it wasn't just that back in the debate he said states should take the lead on everything. he said that borrowing money for fema was immoral. it was a moral issue. that that question was of great immoral value to him in looking after hurricane victims. and maybe that's one of the reasons why if you look at the poll numbers, we just got some interesting poll numbers from "the washington post" yesterday, 78% of americans approve of the president's...
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top fema officials are coming. also the department of homeland security. secretary janet napolitano will be making a visit here today. so this is attention that this community really needs right now. natalie? >> all right. andrea canning in staten island, thanks so much, andrea. >> president obama and his republican challenger mitt romney are on a final campaign blitz before tuesday's election. they are concentrating on nine all-important swing states where the outcome of the vote is likely to be determined. both presidential candidates will be in ohio today. the latest polls show president obama hold a slight lead in a majority of the battleground's contest and won the endorsement thursday of michael bloomberg, the politically independent mayor of new york city. >>> emergency workers believe they have contained a fire in tanker cars that derailed this week in kentucky. hundreds of people remain out of their homes, including the entire town of west point. the rail car contained a volatile chemical used to make the rubber and tires. >>> federal health offic
top fema officials are coming. also the department of homeland security. secretary janet napolitano will be making a visit here today. so this is attention that this community really needs right now. natalie? >> all right. andrea canning in staten island, thanks so much, andrea. >> president obama and his republican challenger mitt romney are on a final campaign blitz before tuesday's election. they are concentrating on nine all-important swing states where the outcome of the vote...
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, he was meeting with homeland security secretary, the head of fema. we hope to see some of those folks out here with the president as well. he woke up in orlando this morning, was is going to a campaign event but cancelled that to monitor the storm. >> chuck, we should mention here we are eight days to go until the election. this morning we'll be hearing from the president as the president not from barack obama the candidate for re-election. >> that's right. and, you know, as we also found out today, the president cancelled all campaign events today and tomorrow, governor romney has also cancelled all campaign events after won that he's doing one this morning the rest of today and tomorrow. there's eight days left on the calendar but six on the campaign trail and yes the president he's doing -- he's got a job to do today. governor romney making the decision to stay off the television. >> he has made remarks this morning saying that thoughts and prayers are with those on the east coast who are struggling to deal with hurricane sandy, a story that's ver
, he was meeting with homeland security secretary, the head of fema. we hope to see some of those folks out here with the president as well. he woke up in orlando this morning, was is going to a campaign event but cancelled that to monitor the storm. >> chuck, we should mention here we are eight days to go until the election. this morning we'll be hearing from the president as the president not from barack obama the candidate for re-election. >> that's right. and, you know, as we...
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join us in just under an hour for today's fema briefing. the conference call will include fema chief craig fugate among others, you'll be able to listen to that live at 11:30 eastern on our companion network, c-span. and, of course, the road to the white house continues. now less than a week before the election. ann romney is in the swing state of ohio today campaigning for her husband, of course. you'll be able to see her remarks live starting at noon eastern on c-span. a little bit later this afternoon it'll be mitt romney in virginia at the farm bureau center in doswell, see that live at 2:15 eastern also on c-span. a little bit later the focus will shift to state races with a debate for candidates to represent rhode island's 1st district. watch that debate live at 7:30 eastern on c-span. and finally president obama is back on the campaign trail. we'll have him live from the university of colorado at boulder, and that's at 9 p.m. eastern. c-span will have that too. >> i regard medicare as not just a program, but a promise. i was raised b
join us in just under an hour for today's fema briefing. the conference call will include fema chief craig fugate among others, you'll be able to listen to that live at 11:30 eastern on our companion network, c-span. and, of course, the road to the white house continues. now less than a week before the election. ann romney is in the swing state of ohio today campaigning for her husband, of course. you'll be able to see her remarks live starting at noon eastern on c-span. a little bit later this...
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top fema officials are coming. also the department of homeland security. secretary janet napolitano will be making a visit here today. so this is attention that this community really needs right now. natalie? >> all right. andrea canning in staten island, thanks so much, andrea. >>> with only four days until the presidential election new unemployment numbers from the labor department this morning show that the nation's jobless rate rose 0.1% to 7.9% as more people enter the job market. however, employers did step up hiring adding 171,000 people to their payrolls. that report is sure to provide ammunition for both sides in the presidential race. >>> emergency workers believe they have contained a fire and tanker cars that derailed this week in kentucky. hundreds of people remain out of their homes, including the entire town of west point. the rail car contained a volatile chemical used to make the rubber in tires. >>> federal health officials say nine more people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis linked to tainted steroid injections. at least 377 p
top fema officials are coming. also the department of homeland security. secretary janet napolitano will be making a visit here today. so this is attention that this community really needs right now. natalie? >> all right. andrea canning in staten island, thanks so much, andrea. >>> with only four days until the presidential election new unemployment numbers from the labor department this morning show that the nation's jobless rate rose 0.1% to 7.9% as more people enter the job...
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extraordinary trip out there, and all the people that came up to on the street say i wonder if people at fema know how much they need them now. they have no communication no, electricity. cell phones don't work. they don't know that people out there know about their struggles. >> astonishing to see and to hear how many of them talk about that close-knit community, but as you said how much can one community be asked to bear. well, we want to head to another community that's been hard hit by this storm, atlantic city. that's where al roker is this morning. al, good morning again to you. >> good morning, savannah and matt, and right behind me, this is the boardwalk. it makes kind of an "l" turn, but as you can see there's the atlantic where the boardwalk should be. you can see the cement pilings. that's where the boardwalk resting on, so it is going to take a lot of work to get that back to where it is. work is going on, even as we speak. take a look over here. you've got front-end loaders pushing dirt and sand that's washed up to try to clear the streets out. let's show you what's going on thou
extraordinary trip out there, and all the people that came up to on the street say i wonder if people at fema know how much they need them now. they have no communication no, electricity. cell phones don't work. they don't know that people out there know about their struggles. >> astonishing to see and to hear how many of them talk about that close-knit community, but as you said how much can one community be asked to bear. well, we want to head to another community that's been hard hit...
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craig fugate is the fema administrator. mr. fugate, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i'll start with the simple question. are you ready? >> we've been getting red for the last couple of days. the biggest question with sandy is where and how much damage are we going to see? >> you said when talking to your employees think big. what is your most pressing concern right now? >> well, the most immediate thing is that people have evacuated or are evacuating from storm surge, but we're also looking at impacts well inland, and generally with hurricanes you tend to focus on the center. this has got a lot of impacts far away. i mean, i have not been around long enough to see a hurricane forecast with a snow advisory in it. >> let's go back to evacuations for a minute. do you feel that people in fact are heeding the warnings and getting out of the danger areas? >> well, i don't know specifically. i hope so, but i've seen the governors and the local officials have gotten out early. they have been doing a good job of messaging. it's
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he will be taking an aerial tour in a helicopter with governor christie and fema director fugate. the shore, of course, took the brunt of sandy's wrath, but other parts of new jersey also experiencing severe problems, including hoboken and newark, where they have had to rescue stranded people. nbc's katy tur is in hoboken now with more. >> reporter: and lester, here in hoboken, half of this town was underwater. it is only a square mile. at one point, 50% to have was underwater. there are 500 million gallons of water they need to pump out. that will take at least two days. right now, residents are coming out of their homes for the first time since monday night. they are assess egg the damage. the big concern though is this water. this water is full of gasoline t is full of heating oil. it is full of sewage. this water, officials warn, is not safe. >> katy tur in hoboken. across the river in new york, the governor of new york, cuomo, announced the resumption of limited commuter rail and subway service. some of the subways in new york city still flooded. still many parts of downtown
he will be taking an aerial tour in a helicopter with governor christie and fema director fugate. the shore, of course, took the brunt of sandy's wrath, but other parts of new jersey also experiencing severe problems, including hoboken and newark, where they have had to rescue stranded people. nbc's katy tur is in hoboken now with more. >> reporter: and lester, here in hoboken, half of this town was underwater. it is only a square mile. at one point, 50% to have was underwater. there are...